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N1 or N-1 was the secret Soviet rocket intended to send Soviet cosmonauts to the Moon. It is also known in the west as the G-1e or SL-15. The Soviet classified technical name N1 was an abbreviation from the Russian word 'носитель' ('carrier'). According to some sources, the official open name for the N1 had it succeeded was intended to be Raskat ('peal' in Russian). It was underfunded, undertested, and started several years after the Saturn V; all four launch attempts failed, and the project...
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